Weekly Update - 8/2

Patrick's message to us today was for us to "Take Hold of Your Sonship". Who are You?  What is your Identity? Who are you in your inner most being?  (Revelation 21:7)

Our challenge for this week ... Take hold of your Sonship!

~~We need to live by the Spirit

~~We need to seek out our identity in Christ

~~We need to know our role in the family of God

~~We need to press on toward our reward

And, thank you to Stephen Gerrald for the beautiful song selections! "Magnificat" was beautiful!

It was great to see our Youth Group back with us today!  They had a successful week at Dallas Life for their mission/ministry work.  It was so good to hear them talking about the people they met and all the sweet little kids there.

PRAYERS:

• Derald Bulls - wrist surgery - doing well.
• Sue Johnson - hip surgery.
• Joe Daniels - heart cath showed NO blockages.
• Shelia Icenhower - health
• Harley and Lucy Staley - health
• Adrian Casey - cancer
• Lance Johnson - ALS
• Kristi Anthony - physical and mental health
• Louie and Marolyn Woodall's great-grandbaby was born this week and is doing well.
• My niece, Carol McMillan, is back home from Cancer Treatment Center/Chicago, after being in the hospital up there for a week.  
• Jimmy White (Nora's husband) will have a stress test tomorrow.
• Curtis Garrett asked for prayers for his co-worker, Josh Crawford.  His brother passed away suddenly this past week.
• Curtis also had another co-worker, Todd Kourkos, whose Mom Regina Kourkos was killed in a car accident this week.
• Ruth Ann Stallings reported to us this morning that there had been 3 more baptisms and 2 weddings in Haiti where David and Laurie VanderPool are missionaries.
• Continue to remember all of our missionaries; Brent and Jill Nichols in Brazil, Javier Ortiz in LaChona, Mexico and Hector Olguin in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

MAGI BOXES:  These are due back next Sunday, Aug 9th.  Don't forget your money or checks for $7 for the shipping for each box.  Check with Linda Erwin if you have any questions.

PANTRY NEEDS:  Peanut Butter and Jelly

KEEP THE DATE:

Aug 4:  Men's Breakfast 7-8am

Aug 5:  Randy Johns - Guest Speaker

Aug 9:  MAGI boxes due back

Aug 16:  Promotion Sunday

Aug 15:  Honey Grove CoC Ladies' Day

Aug 15:  Avery CoC 1st Annual Area Congregational Singing

Aug 26:  Blood Drive

Love you - MEAN IT!